No. 8,307 in Catalan
desconvocava
"Desconvocava" means "was canceling" or "was calling off."
In a sentence
Ella desconvocava la reunió prevista per la tarda.
She was canceling the meeting scheduled for the afternoon.
The verb 'desconvocava' is used in the past tense to indicate the act of withdrawing or canceling an event or activity that had been announced.
L'entitat desconvocava la manifestació a causa del mal temps.
The organization was canceling the demonstration due to bad weather.
Here, 'desconvocava' describes the action taken by an entity to call off a planned public event.
Ell sempre desconvocava els esdeveniments si no hi havia prou gent.
He always canceled the events if there were not enough people.
In this sentence, 'desconvocava' conveys a habitual action in the past where the subject used to call off events.
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